Politeness has been defined to be artificial good-nature; but we may affirm, with much greater propriety, that good-nature is natural politeness.
Stanisław I LeszczyńskiA well-read fool is the most pestilent of blockheads; his learning is a flail which he knows not how to handle, and with which he breaks his neighbor's shins as well as his own. Keep a fellow of this description at arm's length, as you value the integrity of your bones.
Stanisław I LeszczyńskiIs it not astonishing that the love of repose keeps us in continual agitation?
Stanisław I LeszczyńskiThere are few defects in our nature so glaring as not to be veiled from observation by politeness and good-breeding.
Stanisław I Leszczyński